Higher Classification: > Kingdom Animalia > Subkingdom Eumetazoa > Phylum Chordata > Genus Vertebrata > Infraphylum Gnathostomata > Parvphylum Osteichthyes > Gigaclass Actinopterygii > Subclass Neopterygii > Class Teleostei > Order Centrarchiformes > Family Centrarchidae

Micropterus Lacepède, 1802

Rank: Genus
Taxon Status: accepted

Relationships towards this taxon

Genus group names

*Vertebrata*	Cuvier, 1812	accepted genus name
*Agnatha*	Cope, 1889	taxonomically included in
*Gnathostomata*	von Zittel, 1879	taxonomically included in

Genus group names

*Micropterus salmoides*	(Lacepède, 1802)	taxonomically included in

Children

Micropterus salmoides (Lacepède, 1802)

Literature

original description	Lacepède, B.G.E. (1802). Histoire naturelle des poissons: IV. chez Plassan: Paris, France. v. 4: i-xliv + 1-728, Pl. 1-16.
taxonomy source	Fricke, R., Eschmeyer, W. N. & Van der Laan, R. (eds). (2025). ECoF. Eschmeyer's Catalog of Fishes: Genera, Species, References. California Academy of Sciences. San Francisco. Electronic version accessed dd mmm 2025.

Genbank

Citation

Froese, R. and D. Pauly. Editors. (2025). FishBase. Micropterus Lacepède, 1802. Via: Costello, M.J.; Bouchet, P.; Boxshall, G.; Arvantidis, C.; Appeltans, W. (2011) European Register of Marine Species, Accessed through PESI at http://www.eu-nomen.eu/portal/taxon.php?GUID=urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:151294

Dr. Jorg Freyhof. Micropterus Lacepède, 1802. Accessed through: Fauna Europaea at https://portal.cybertaxonomy.org/fauna-europaea/cdm_dataportal/taxon/f49bb318-5d1e-4429-9aad-6efb653f6063